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The upgrade will connect to projects with a combined capacity of approximately 1 GW.

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.

WoodMac Renewables & Power lowered their 2022 US solar capacity projection by 7.4 GW, to 22.2 GW, on supply chain pricing challenges. However, they project the Build Back Better bill could add 44 GW of capacity through 2026.

Also on the rise: A new EV battery factory in South Carolina, lithium-ion battery recycling company expands, solar module manufacturer Silfab and national installer Titan Solar strengthen partnership, more funding for solar on tribal lands, Apex Clean Energy inks deal with Wyerhaeuser, Shell buys storage and energy company Savion.

In 2021, residential solar reached several milestones and extreme weather raised customer interest in home energy storage systems.

The company’s first battery system factory on the East Coast is expected to produce multiple gigawatt hours of annual battery capacity and create more than 200 new jobs.

The facility will be expanded to process 35,000 tons of “black mass” annually, enough material for 225,000 electric vehicles. 

The Canadian solar module manufacturer Silfab and the Arizona-based national installer Titan solar have already installed modules across 18 states in partnership.

The transaction, for which Shell did not reveal the purchase price, will see the energy company pick up a U.S. project development pipeline that reportedly runs to more than 18 GW of solar generation and energy storage capacity across 26 states.

Standard Solar, Inc., has acquired 10 megawatts of community solar projects in Oregon.